Seventeen of those teams play either football or men’s basketball. Last year, 17 teams faced postseason bans because of poor academic results.

The highest-profile teams on the list in football are UNLV and Idaho. In men’s basketball, schools include San Jose State and Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

The APR is billed as a real-time measurement for all teams and is based on a points-system that rewards athletes for staying academically eligible and staying in school.

This year’s four-year measurements, released Wednesday, cover the period from 2009-10 through 2012-13. The report shows a two-point improvement among all athletes, going from 974 to 976. A perfect score is 1,000.

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